That very day, Han Li spent over ten days, finally managing to safely refine the Jin and Mu Primordial Crystals for Yue Long, the senior cultivator of the Fei Ling Clan, without any mishaps. Overjoyed, Yue Long showed no hesitation in honoring his promised remuneration, generously allocating one piece of each newly refined Primordial Crystal to Han Li and warmly urging him to stay at his abode for a while longer. Han Li naturally declined, pressing on with his journey and, together with the others, finally arrived at a particularly weak point in the spatial field of the Earth's Deep Realm. There, he directly activated the Xuan Tian Zhan Ling Sword to cleave through the spatial barrier and propelled the entire Magen Ling Sacred Vessel through. Now, hearing Han Li's account, Xue Po smiled gracefully and replied, "This space indeed is quite remarkable. It seems your close companion must be no ordinary figure—perhaps even a senior cultivator of the Great Stage." "Ah, I've mistaken you," she said, with a smile. Though my close friend is not weak in cultivation, when she parted from me last time, she was only at the Lingxu stage—she surely still cannot reach the Dacheng stage now. However, the Hé-tǐ stage seems quite possible. After all, she has now entered the discipleship of a Dacheng cultivator." Han Li replied calmly. "Disciple of a Dacheng cultivator, achieving the Hé-tǐ stage! Truly admirable. Back then, when I was striving to advance to the Hé-tǐ stage and beyond, I endured countless hardships—indeed, even now my true body is sealed away on other continents." Blood Po spoke, her expression filled with a distinct, thoughtful sigh. "Heh, why should you be so humble, Lady? You simply had a bit less fortune back then. Once your true body is recovered, further advancement is certainly not out of reach." Han Li chuckled softly. "I hope it truly turns out that way." Blood Po smiled faintly, with a touch of wryness. Han Li gave a gentle smile, said nothing further, and then, with a single hand motion, produced a pale black jade scroll from his palm, gently pressing it against his forehead. It was precisely the fragment of the Deep Earth map that he had received from Qingyuan Zi back then. With his divine awareness swiftly rotating through it several times, and then scanning the surrounding marshland terrain, he quickly determined his position—surprisingly close to Qingyuan Zi's abode. Overjoyed, he retrieved the jade scroll and immediately accelerated the black giant vessel, which roared forward in a powerful surge toward a specific direction. One day later, as the black vessel approached the region of Qingyuan Zi's dwelling, the seated Han Li, who had been meditating at the bow, suddenly blinked open his eyes, his face expressing astonishment. "Such a powerful fluctuation... This... this must be the aura of a great heavenly calamity. Is someone nearby undergoing a celestial transformation?" Calculating the time, Qingyuan Zi should have also faced a heavenly calamity around this period—could it truly be him? After murmuring these words several times, Han Li's expression shifted constantly between gloom and brightness. With a single hand gesture, his black giant vessel emitted a resonant hum and instantly trembled, halting in mid-air. At that moment, he stood up, stamped his single foot, and as his body's aura of flight surged, he transformed into a streak of jade-green light, swiftly vanishing into the sky. Only then did a clear voice echo from above the vessel: "You all stay here and keep a close watch on the spiritual vessel. I'll go check things out first." As the voice lingered in the air, the jade-green streak flashed a few times and disappeared toward the horizon. It was only then that Zhu Guo'er, Xue Po, and the others hurriedly stepped out of the cabin, gazing in astonishment toward the direction Han Li had gone. With Han Li's divine abilities fully activated, his speed had reached an utterly astonishing level. Yet, the fluctuation he sensed earlier was quite distant from his current location, and it took him nearly a full cup of tea's worth of flight before he finally spotted the dark thunderclouds on the horizon and heard the distant rumbling. "Wait—there are others among the Great Perfection stage as well." After flying a little further, Han Li suddenly narrowed his eyes, his expression growing serious. The Qing Hong spiraled once, then contracted his light trail, and his figure materialized suddenly in midair. He gazed thoughtfully toward the base of the distant thunderclouds. "One, two, three—there are so many Great Perfection stage beings stationed there. Their energy signatures are clearly not concealed, indicating they are not friendly toward the one undergoing the celestial transformation. It's just unclear whether that person is Qingyuan Zi. If not, then there's no real need for them to get involved in this matter." Han Li murmured these thoughts after a moment of observation. He then lowered his head, pondered for a while, and suddenly struck his forehead with one hand, spitting out a cluster of shimmering, jade-green qi. This vital energy spun once in a circular motion before its front, then solidified into a translucent jade sphere of a deep green hue. Meanwhile, Han Li merely pressed a hand seal and closed his eyes, yet suddenly blood streaks appeared on his brow, and a mass of black mist materialized, coalescing into a single dark, upright eye. A flash of black light! A slender black filament shot forth from the eye, vanishing instantly into the void ahead. Immediately thereafter, a wave of shimmering light rolled across the surface of the jade sphere, revealing a remarkably clear image that gradually unfolded. Han Li kept his eyes tightly shut, then opened them again, carefully gazing at the image on the sphere. What he saw was an all-encompassing expanse of dark mist and clusters of constantly flickering purple-gold lightning—nothing else appeared. Han Li slightly furrowed his brows, and gently accelerated the hand seal he was holding. The scene within the crystal sphere instantly began to spin rapidly, and within a short while, trees and mountain peaks and other landscapes started to appear, as if a normal person were swiftly scanning the surroundings. Suddenly, Han Li's expression changed, halting his hand gestures, and the spinning images in the sphere came to a sudden stop. In the image, a vast expanse of blood-red mist stretched endlessly. At the center of this mist, directly above a grand, luminous pavilion, three men in distinctly different attire stood upright. Han Li's gaze sharpened, immediately recognizing the three great transcendence presences emanating from these three figures. Of the three, only the towering giant, standing two zhang tall with arms folded, remained motionless. The other two were actively driving the massive pavilion, rushing through the blood mist, their path illuminated by vibrant five-colored runes that continuously surged forth, pushing the strange mist back with increasing force. The last young Daoist figure appeared, yet behind him emerged three colossal serpentine silhouettes, each exhaling霞glows of crimson, golden, and azure hues. As the blood mist came into contact with these three-colored glows, it vanished instantly, as if melting into ice. Deep within the boundless sea of blood-colored mist, countless massive shadows flickered incessantly, surging forth waves of blood energy from their bodies, as though actively resisting the power of the pavilion and the three-colored glows. Then, waves of dark mist rolled out in all directions, carrying gusts of warm wind, violently scattering the surrounding blood vapor into fragments. Such a commotion, Huang Yuanzi and San Quan Dao人 could not have failed to notice; their eyes both turned in surprise. "What's going on? Has Daoist Bu-ming observed anything?" Huang Yuanzi inhaled deeply, paused the pavilion, and asked in a grave tone. After days of relentless efforts to unravel this array, nearly half of its restrictions had already been lifted—he didn't want any unforeseen incidents at this moment. "Someone has been casting spells to observe us, and I shattered their secret technique with a single punch." The giant replied calmly. "Was it the young girl who previously presided over the array?" Huang Yuanzi's expression shifted, and he asked slowly. "It wasn't her. That young disciple only reached the stage of Lingxu, and I had already caught him off guard, delivering a punch from a distance. Even if he hadn't died, he should have been severely injured. How could he dare to secretly observe us again?" The giant shook his head, speaking with certainty. "So it's a new guest. How about their cultivation level—can I sense anything at all?" Huang Yuanzi furrowed his brows and asked further. "I've only broken through the basic methodical spell myself. How could I possibly discern their exact cultivation level? But the secret technique they're employing is truly outstanding—far beyond that young girl's ability—and their cultivation level is likely quite high." The giant man adopted a more serious tone. "Then we may have a problem. This person might even be a Great Perfection cultivator. Could it be that Qing Yuanzi has summoned someone as an assistant?" Hearing this, San Quan the Daoist couldn't help but speak up. "An assistant? Hmm, probably not." Huang Yuanzi's expression slightly changed, but after a brief pause, he shook his head. "Oh, how are you so certain about that?" San Quan raised his eyebrows, slightly puzzled. "It's simple. If we were summoned by Qing Yuanzi as assistants, wouldn't we have appeared only now?" Huang Yuanzi said slowly. "That's true." If he truly is a helper of Qingyuan Zi, then either he would have taken the lead from the very beginning in overseeing this Eighteen Heavenly Shā Array to confront us, or he would have remained hidden all along, waiting until we exhaust our true energy and are most vulnerable to strike us from the shadows. Sanquan Dao-ren pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement. "Then perhaps this person is one among the other several Great Perfection-stage cultivators who have been residing within this Earth-Depths space." After a few turns of his eyes, Sanquan Dao-ren asked this. "Heh, the other Great Perfection-stage cultivators in the Earth-Depths? Unlikely. Qingyuan Zi's willingness to undergo his current transformation at this moment is precisely because he has taken advantage of the fact that all the others in the Earth-Depths have been gradually withdrawn—by various pretexts—over the past half year. With no one returning to this space within the next one or two years." Huangyuan Zi replied with a cold laugh. "If that's the case, then it's hard to tell whether this person is an ally or an adversary. And now, being trapped within this array, our current situation is "The giant spoke evenly. "Indeed. We had originally intended to delay another two days before activating the maternal and offspring corpse Yin Thunder. It seems now is the time to proceed. Third Full Brother, prepare yourself—we will immediately force our way through this array. First, let's ascertain the visitors' true intentions, then decide further." Huang Yuan exhaled deeply, speaking with cold determination.